Category : Writing

Gossip Girl is my guilty pleasure and down time TV, relaxation show. I’m now on the fifth season. One of the characters, Dan, has wanted to be a writer since we first saw him, so naturally I knew that part wouldn’t be portrayed realistically. My daughter has already finished the series and warned me that …

In a 1996 episode of “The Simpsons,” Lisa the Iconoclast, Lisa writes an essay on town founder Jebediah Springfield. While doing research, she finds a confession revealing that Springfield was a murderous pirate named Hans Sprungfeld who never cared about the people of Springfield. Lisa and Homer decide to get the message out, but instead …

By Judi Coltman In The Name of The Father Time doesn’t quell a killer’s instinct and there is no place to find solace. . . not even in His house. Liz’s best friend rode off on the back of a motorcycle when she was 16 years old. Her body parts washed up on the shores …

by Shannon Eckrich Seventeen-year-old Allie Anderson’s telekinetic powers are anything but useful–she can’t bring her father back, can’t stop her mother’s downward spiral into alcohol, and can’t keep her from falling in love with Ethan Bradley. Loving Ethan is easy, but it comes with a hefty price: Ethan is prohibited by his people from interacting …

I’ve been trying to follow my plan of writing at least 1,500 words per day. Now, I’m not doing perfectly but I keep trying. All of this is rough, but here is another excerpt from what I’m working on. Arrowbreaker sat at Germian’s bed side, but today she smiled. Greenblade brought them a tray covered …

I’m working on the sequel to Sword and Illusion, Sword & Incantation. I don’t want to give much away about the first book because it’s been out for just a few months and I don’t want to spoil anything. The second book centers around Greenblade, Prince Varian’s daughter he didn’t know he had, and her …

For years, I was desperately trying to find the secret to writing more, writing faster, doing whatever I needed to do to have the career I wanted. One of the ways I thought I could do this was by figuring out how to set goals and accomplish them. I went to probably close a dozen …

My dear friend, Josephine Templeton, has written a wonderful story about a young girl who grows up on a pirate ship, pretending to be a boy. I haven’t finished reading this yet, but so far it’s an engaging, unexpected story. Jesse gets herself into trouble and works hard to keep her identity a secret. The …

Another 5 Star review on Amazon: Sword and Illusion is a must-read for fantasy book lovers. And even for those readers who don’t normally read them. This book was fantastic! I loved the characters, including the dragons, which I could easily picture from the detailed decriptions. I also liked that the main characters weren’t teenagers …